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A Bird's Eye View of Seattle: 1891
I have long been enamored with maps so I thought I’d begin 2025 by exploring one of my favorite’s. In 1891, Augustus Koch produced his Bird’s Eye View of Seattle, a glorious illustration of the city. As he noted on the map, it came out just 18 months after Seattle’s Great Fire. Koch was illustrating the city’s rise from the ashes.
Like many his age, 49 years old, Augustus Koch had fought in the Civil War, where he had been draughtsman making maps. For the past two decades he had traveled the country producing fantastic aerial views of cities from Jacksonville, Florida to Los Angeles. He had…
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